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Apcupsd a daemon for controlling APC UPSes

Apcupsd can be used for power mangement and controlling most of APC's UPS models on Unix and Windows machines. Apcupsd works with most of APC's Smart-UPS models as well as most simple signalling models such a Back-UPS, and BackUPS-Office. During a power failure, apcupsd will inform the users about the power failure and that a shutdown may occur. If power is not restored, a system shutdown will follow when the battery is exhausted, a timeout (seconds) expires, or runtime expires based on internal APC calculations determined by power consumption rates. Apcupsd is licensed under the GPL version 2.

Apcupsd Hosted on Source Forge

Apcupsd is slowly moving to Source Forge for several reasons: 1. Lack of manpower to maintain several sites, 2. The excellent Open Software Development services offered by Source Forge. In addition to hosting all our new releases, the Source Forge site has a CVS repository where you can find the very latest development software. Please visit it and become familiar with how it works.

What is new in Apcupsd version 3.8.5

Apcupsd version 3.8.5 includes a Battery Runtime Calibration command as part of apctest as well as a fix if you get a broken TCP connection.

Online 3.8.5 Manual or a PDF Version of the Manual

If you want the very latest version of the manual, we recommend that you see the Online 3.10 manual below. If you want to learn a bit more about apcupsd, you can browse the manual online. If you have any corrections/comments to the manual, please send them to me at: kern at sibbald dot com. For bug reports and developer contact, please see below. If you want a pdf copy of the manual, you can find it here.

Online 3.10 Manual or PDF Version of the Manual

This is the most current version of our manual, and it applies to our beta software currently under development. Generally the 3.8 Manual is no longer being updated, so if you want the very latest details, see this manual, but please be aware that a few of the features may not be applicable to release version 3.8.5.

Apcupsd Network Information

To see my Linux/Windows APC UPSes running with apcupsd in real-time, just click here.

List of Bugs

All known bugs have been corrected for version 3.8.5.

Although, you can always email me directly, it is much better to address bug reports and questions to the full developer's mailing list, which is at: Apcupsd Mailing List. In addition to a problem description, please include the following with any bug report you send: the apcupsd version that you are using; your operating system (uname -a); and if it involves configuration issues, your apcupsd.conf and apcupsd.events files.

Release Notification and Developer Email List

If you want to be notified by email when new releases are available, please sign up for the apcupsd-announce mailing list. This is easily accomplished by following the instructions at: http://www.apcupsd.com/mailman/listinfo/apcupsd-announce.

If you would like to receive the developer email, please visit the following site and follow the instructions: http://www.apcupsd.com/mailman/listinfo/apcupsd-devel.

Downloads Available Here

Version 3.8.5 of apcupsd is the current officially released version.

Date Size Type Release Comments
5-Jan-02 1,979,485 HTTP apcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz Official source release version 3.8.5
5-Jan-02 940,621 HTTP apcupsd-3.8.5-1.i386.RH6.2.rpm RPM binaries for RedHat 6.2, should work on 6.0, 6.1, and 7.0
5-Jan-02 1,958,804 HTTP apcupsd-3.8.5-1.src.RH6.2.rpm RPM source for apcupsd-3.8.5 for RedHat 6.2
5-Jan-02 945,510 HTTP apcupsd-3.8.5-1.i386.RH7.1.rpm RPM binaries for RedHat 7.1 and probably 7.2
5-Jan-02 1,980,201 HTTP apcupsd-3.8.5-1.src.RH7.1.rpm RPM source for apcupsd-3.8.5 for RedHat 7.1
5-Jan-02 1,218,736 HTTP winapcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz Zip binary release for Win32 systems (Win95/98/Me/NT/2000)
variousvariousHTTPDownload DirectoryAll available releases

MD5 Checksums

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     2024c6b396c26c1c4f58e87a37f36318  apcupsd-3.8.5-1.i386.RH7.1.rpm
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     0fc2fd41899d80ce8e482e3defa49bb2  apcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz
     09e76e0feef430dc313a4998c2b47d61  winapcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gz

Official Stable Download Site

Version 3.8.5 of apcupsd is now released, and you can find the the source code at the official download site:

Date Size Type ReleaseComments
4 Jan 02 1,979,485 FTP apcupsd-3.8.5.tar.gzCurrent Official Release
various various FTP ftp://ftp.apcupsd.com/pub/apcupsd/Starting point for other releases

Debian Users Stable Download

The Debian packages for apcupsd may be obtained directly from the Debian site at:

http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/apcupsd.html
http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/apcupsd.html
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/apcupsd.html

Apcupsd Beta Versions

Version 3.10.4 is available for testing. Please see the 3.10 Online Manual for more details.

Beta MD5 Checksums

     d8a6b89c049414cf2f7329eecea3129b  3.9.8-01Apr02.tar.gz
     ce88b4aab76c596454308f7d88136634  apcupsd-3.9.1.tar.gz
     1a1e016b63821335a4a408971c7f8e49  apcupsd-3.9.2.tar.gz
     c21449b3eaed4ad4fcda8cb0cc361702  apcupsd-3.9.3.tar.gz
     aff603f23edcce1748504a1ea2be7d7c  apcupsd-3.9.4.tar.gz
     40ede3d9982927708f5cc8d9b125a321  apcupsd-3.9.8.tar.gz
     e59b08e3950e33a0043a36625723f41e  apcupsd-3.9.9.tar.gz
     28cdd54f6696e035ed6df7fcd4b03aa7  winapcupsd-3.9.8.tar.gz
     9357c2cb7a029c87d9a39e5b4150a5a8  apcupsd-3.10.1.tar.gz
     92cc35e74840fc809161db3c23f236d7  apcupsd-3.10.2.tar.gz
     a346e4043fcac13911ab1c53031c9ae6  apcupsd-3.10.3.tar.gz
     de7c2a9627c9b93d2dd52fa3968de2cb  apcupsd-3.10.4.tar.gz
     7a297f0988345a21b0ee5a93cc15743a  winapcupsd-3.10.4.tar.gz

Testers/Developers CVS Repository

This is where you can find the very latest source code at the official development CVS repository hosted by Source Forge.

Other Software for Apcupsd

David Ranch has developed some very interesting graphing support for APC UPSes, which works with apcupsd. Using apcupsd's logging capabilities, David provides setup instructions and scripts to produce high quality, daily PDF graphs of all the important UPS power conditions. To learn more about this, please visit his site.

apcupsd does not run on Macs, but if you have a Mac that derives power from a UPS being controlled by apcupsd, you can protect your Mac in the event of a power failure by using a commercial software package called APC Tracker. The software is available for a 30 day free trial. For more information, please see www.apctracker.com.

APC

If you want to know more about APC products for protecting your computer, you can find it at the APC Home Site.

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